The House Judiciary Committee debates on a resolution to begin impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

The U.S. Supreme Court opens its 1998-1999 term.

A trial is scheduled to begin in Paducah, Kentucky, for Michael Carneal, charged with the December 1997 high school shooting in West Paducah that left three students dead.

Memorial services for former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley are to be held at First AME Church in South Central Los Angeles.

On Tuesday, October 6, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is scheduled to arrive in the Middle East to try to narrow the gap between Israel and the Palestinians on an Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank.

On Wednesday, October 7, the fall meeting of representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund takes hold in Washington.

On Thursday, October 8, negotiations are scheduled to resume in the NBA lockout.

On Friday, October 9, NASA holds a public briefing in Cleveland about the space program's various aeronautic goals.